Initial reports say that the ship has been anchored in Manila Bay since 2011 when Philippine Coast Guard held it for some violations. The 2,400-ton Panama-registered ship was involved in arms smuggling in 2009 where it was reported to have yielded 14 crates of high-powered firearms before it was seized off the coast of Mariveles in Bataan.

Briton Bruce Jones, the ship's captain, had abandoned the ship but the replacement captain at the time it was seized had said that it came all the way from Turkey, Georgia, Gibraltar, Ghana, Cape Town in South Africa and Penang before proceeding to Jakarta and the Philippines.

It had gone under the custody of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) and since 2014, BoC has been trying to auction it off despite several 'failed biddings' and instances of raised fears that the next storm could send it slamming onto the seawalls of Manila Bay and causing an oil spill.

As of posting time, the Coast Guards are still investigating the situation in Roxas Blvd. - Kami Media